Readers' Letters | Negative cartoons

Every time I read the editorial page, the so-called cartoon is always negative about the GOP and all Republicans. I have never seen a cartoon showing anything negative about the Democratic Party.

I wonder if Marc Murphy is self-biased or was told by the CJ not to depict anything negative about the Democratic Party. Enough is enough! I believe in equal rights and fairness but these cartoons border on ridiculous.

FRED BIELEFELD

Elizabeth, Ind. 47117 -

New ambassador?

Perhaps President Obama could take a cue from the Beshear playbook and appoint Mitch McConnell as a judge, or possibly as ambassador to Myanmar.

TIMOTHY HAWLEY

Louisville 40205 -

Affordable Care

We are sick and tired of CEOs who whine about the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). We are not for every point in this legislation, however, we're sure it will be tweaked. Get used to it. It's now the law of the land.

John Q. Public has been subsidizing many of these whiner businesses for years. The businesses don't care enough to offer their employees health insurance; however, these employees are the ones who built the businesses. The public picks up the tab every time an uninsured, low-paid worker goes to the emergency room. The worker can't pay, so the hospital increases prices and insurance companies follow suit. The result is higher insurance and medical costs. All the while, the CEOs and other highly paid employees make up to or more than $1 million a year.

Many of these businesses now say they are going to cut employees' hours to get out of paying for employee health insurance. We can only counter their actions by not doing business with them. We have already given our children a list of restaurants to exclude when they give us gift cards for Christmas.

LOU and JUDY WHITMER

Goshen, Ky. 40026 -

Taking it on the chin

What kind of wage and benefit package were the management team at Hostess making while they were running the company into bankruptcy for the second time? How much responsibility do they have in this process? How can they claim the workers (making pennies on their dollars) are responsible for the closing of this snack food giant?

The time has come for the American workers to stop taking it on the chin in the name of corporate greed. Working men and women in this country need to wake up and realize we are being made scapegoats for everything from failed business ventures to the state and local government deficits. Although we know this cannot be the case, it appears that all of the news agencies just report this as a true statement.

Has anyone investigated their claims? Will anyone investigate mine?

JOHN E. MORRISON, Jr.

Louisville 40214 -

Small business tax

The Democrat plan to increase income tax rates for those reporting income above $250,000 will decimate small business unless some provision is made to separate "salary" from "small business pass-through income."

What I mean by this is that small businesses, including farms, report under different rules than large corporations.

National and international corporations file business tax returns as a "Corporate Entity" with no individual names. Whereas, in the case of small businesses which employ less than 500 employees, business tax returns are included as part of the individual owner's personal income tax returns.

The increased tax burden would be in the region of 25 percent of net profit. This greatly depletes the funds available for business growth and employee wages, especially since new equipment and improvements write-down is only allowed to be over seven years. The impact will be stagnation at the best.

Under the present income tax reporting method, I surmise that all small businesses and their owners will soon be classified as "The Rich" by President Obama and the Democrat Party.

M. JOHN CLARK

Louisville 40241 -

GOP, be not deceived

To Kentucky Republicans: Do not be deceived by the liberal media about the reasons for Obama's re-election. The media want you to believe that Romney lost because he and his party did not appeal to blacks, Hispanics, Asians, young adults and women, especially single women. The media do not want you to know that the main reason Romney lost was that Hurricane Sandy disrupted his momentum, plus he went too moderate.

Get your news only from Fox. Ignore polls that report the Democrat is ahead. Stick to your principles Republicans! Continue to be the party of Wall Street, corporations, and the wealthy and be strongly opposed to any regulations on them. Be against government. Be opposed to anything Obama proposes. Make sure Republican congressmen fight to keep tax breaks for our wealthy defenders of capitalism.

Do not believe polls that say some 60 percent of voters approve of higher taxes on the wealthy. Continue to nominate rich white males for political offices. If you should lose another election, you would be right to insult those who you think voted against you.

STAN MURRELL

Louisville 40208 -

Louisville, Kentucky • Southern Indiana

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Readers' Letters | Negative cartoons

Every time I read the editorial page, the so-called cartoon is always negative about the GOP and all Republicans. I have never seen a cartoon showing anything negative about the Democratic Party.